Douglas Scotney Poems

Kind wants a circumstantial cure
for the classic case
of budding kindness
shaken by circumstance
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Not being mindful of your altruism,
you're not tempted to step it up,
being mindful, you are,
and, as love's in altruism,
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In a booming country
people take to boats
not so much
out of poverty and war, but
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If you find all your fun
in what you create,
have you solipsism,
and are you prone to exaggeration
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'Up' is both 'high'
and 'more-advanced',
therefore double-meaning weak.
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For its impact on our world,
Science has the biggest strut.

For its on The Renaissance,
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Strange, challenging logic,
that we seek happiness on the plain
because seeking it amongst the peaks
through refinement of talent
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Mildred said, from Old English ‘ongegn’,
“What are you against? ”

Johnny countered in kind from ‘gietan’,
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They didn't know or care
when they dumped in their own backyards
and the backyards of business premises
that they were bequeathing centuries of gases.
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A dearth of witless creeps
who'll kill anything
like they kill ants,
is no barrier
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